£725 Build

[GameDragon]

Is this a good gaming build for £725. If not why? And any tips for improvement. Thanks!

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.31 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£75.08 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Aerocool DS Cube Black/White Silent Cube MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£55.20 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£58.50 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£6.98 @ Novatech) 

Keyboard: Dell KB212-B Wired Ergonomic Keyboard  (£11.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £725.04

 

[david cassar]

 

Is this a good gaming build for £725. If not why? And any tips for improvement. Thanks!

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.31 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£75.08 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Aerocool DS Cube Black/White Silent Cube MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£55.20 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£58.50 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£6.98 @ Novatech) 

Keyboard: Dell KB212-B Wired Ergonomic Keyboard  (£11.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £725.04

 

Its very good. I would get a power supply with more wattage though. For a 290 I would get at least a 600w psu. 

Edit: And also get a better cooler for the gpu. The xfx r9 290 isn't bad, but vrm temps could be better. I would get the msi twin frozr r9 290 for just a few pounds more :

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-912v308002

[Tim Drake]

Pretty much just build most of what I have because my build was £750..

 

Please don't buy the Aerocool cube though because it is a little bitch to build in

[xvantok]

You could go for something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.00 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.31 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.68 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 64GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.00 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.34 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£229.55 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.85 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £739.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-14 15:04 GMT+0000

It's slightly over budget, but you could get a cheaper motherboard to bring it back under. However I would personally not recommend am XFX card as I've heard the have a high DOA rate

[SuperPug]

i'd get the MSI 290 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-912v308002